Actor profile

Nathan Fillion

27th March 1971 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Acting

Nathan Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian-American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds on Firefly and its film continuation Serenity and Richard Castle on Castle. As of 2018, he stars as John Nolan on The Rookie and is an executive producer on the show as well as its spin-off series, The Rookie: Feds. Fillion has acted in traditionally distributed films like Slither and Trucker, Internet-distributed films like Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, television soap operas, sitcoms, and theatre. His voice is featured in animation and video games, such as the Bungiegames Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, Destiny, and Destiny 2, along with the 343 Industries game Halo 5: Guardians and the television series M.O.D.O.K. (2021). Fillion first gained recognition for his work on One Life to Live in the contract role of Joey Buchanan, for which he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series, as well as for his supporting role as Johnny Donnelly in the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nathan Fillion, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

51 Movies 65 TV Shows 1 In Production 121 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Superman poster

Superman 9th July 2025 as Guy Gardner

Skincare poster

Skincare 15th August 2024 as Brett Wright

Deadpool & Wolverine poster

Deadpool & Wolverine 24th July 2024 as Headpool (voice)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 poster

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 3rd May 2023 as Master Karja

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men poster

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men 18th May 2022 as Duke

Adrienne poster

Adrienne 14th November 2021 as Self

The Suicide Squad poster

The Suicide Squad 28th July 2021 as T.D.K.

The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II poster

The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II 10th May 2020 as Self

The Death and Return of Superman poster

The Death and Return of Superman 1st October 2019 as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)

Night Hunter poster

Night Hunter 8th August 2019 as Quinn

Reign of the Supermen poster

Reign of the Supermen 13th January 2019 as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice)

The Death of Superman poster

The Death of Superman 13th January 2019 as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)

Henchmen poster

Henchmen 7th December 2018 as Captain Superior (voice)

Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly' poster

Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly' 11th September 2017 as Self

Yamasong: March of the Hollows poster

Yamasong: March of the Hollows 10th September 2017 as Shojun (voice)

Cars 3 poster

Cars 3 15th June 2017 as Sterling (voice)

Gravity Falls: Between the Pines poster

Gravity Falls: Between the Pines 8th February 2016 as Preston (Voice)

Nightmare Time poster

Nightmare Time 1st January 2016 as Himself

The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship poster

The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship 18th October 2015 as Green Lantern (voice)

Being Canadian poster

Being Canadian 18th September 2015 as Self

The Thrilling Adventure Hour Live poster

The Thrilling Adventure Hour Live 1st March 2015 as Cactoid Jim

Justice League: Throne of Atlantis poster

Justice League: Throne of Atlantis 13th January 2015 as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice)

Guardians of the Galaxy poster

Guardians of the Galaxy 30th July 2014 as Monstrous Inmate

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise poster

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise 6th April 2014 as Green Lantern / Black Adam (voice)

Highway of Tears poster

Highway of Tears 6th March 2014 as Narrator

Party Central poster

Party Central 20th February 2014 as Johnny (voice)

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters poster

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 7th August 2013 as Hermes

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox poster

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox 30th July 2013 as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice)

Monsters University poster

Monsters University 19th June 2013 as Johnny (voice)

Much Ado About Nothing poster

Much Ado About Nothing 28th May 2013 as Dogberry

Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special poster

Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special 11th November 2012 as Self

The Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special poster

The Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special 9th September 2012 as Green Lantern / Mr. Freeze (voice)

Justice League: Doom poster

Justice League: Doom 28th February 2012 as Green Lantern (voice)

O Brave New World poster

O Brave New World 3rd August 2011 as Self

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights poster

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights 7th June 2011 as Hal Jordan (voice)

Super poster

Super 26th November 2010 as The Holy Avenger

Wonder Woman poster

Wonder Woman 3rd March 2009 as Col. Steve Trevor (voice)

Commentary! The Musical poster

Commentary! The Musical 12th December 2008

Trucker poster

Trucker 24th April 2008 as Runner

The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog poster

The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog 19th December 2007 as Self

Waitress poster

Waitress 25th May 2007 as Dr. Jim Pomatter

White Noise 2: The Light poster

White Noise 2: The Light 5th January 2007 as Abe Dale

Done the Impossible poster

Done the Impossible 28th July 2006 as Self

Slither poster

Slither 31st March 2006 as Bill Pardy

Serenity poster

Serenity 25th September 2005 as Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds

Outing Riley poster

Outing Riley 10th October 2004 as Luke Riley

Water's Edge poster

Water's Edge 9th October 2003 as Robert Graves

Dracula 2000 poster

Dracula 2000 22nd December 2000 as Father David

Blast from the Past poster

Blast from the Past 12th February 1999 as Cliff

Saving Private Ryan poster

Saving Private Ryan 24th July 1998 as Minnesota Ryan

Ordeal in the Arctic poster

Ordeal in the Arctic 15th February 1993 as Master Warrant Officer Tom Jardine

The Mighty Nein poster

The Mighty Nein 19th November 2025 as The Gentleman (voice)

DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast poster

DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast 6th December 2024 as Self

Grave Conversations poster

Grave Conversations 24th April 2024 as Self

Krapopolis poster

Krapopolis 24th September 2023 as Zan (voice)

Bupkis poster

Bupkis 4th May 2023 as Ace Spade

The Recruit poster

The Recruit 16th December 2022 as CIA Director Alton West

The Rookie: Feds poster

The Rookie: Feds 27th September 2022 as John Nolan

The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show 12th September 2022 as Self

Peacemaker poster

Peacemaker 13th January 2022 as Guy Gardner

Family Law poster

Family Law 16th September 2021 as Bud Nielsen

Monsters at Work poster

Monsters at Work 7th July 2021 as Johnny (voice)

Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. poster

Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. 21st May 2021 as Simon Williams / Wonder Man (voice)

Resident Alien poster

Resident Alien 27th January 2021 as Octopus (voice)

Resident Alien poster

Resident Alien 27th January 2021 as 42 (voice)

The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show 9th September 2019 as Self

The Rookie poster

The Rookie 16th October 2018 as John Nolan

Big Mouth poster

Big Mouth 29th September 2017 as Nathan Fillion (voice)

Big Mouth poster

Big Mouth 29th September 2017

Santa Clarita Diet poster

Santa Clarita Diet 3rd February 2017 as Gary West

A Series of Unfortunate Events poster

A Series of Unfortunate Events 13th January 2017 as Jacques Snicket

A Series of Unfortunate Events poster

A Series of Unfortunate Events 13th January 2017 as Jacques Snicket (voice)

American Housewife poster

American Housewife 11th October 2016 as Nathan Fillion

Geeking Out poster

Geeking Out 24th July 2016 as Self

HarmonQuest poster

HarmonQuest 14th July 2016 as Tetter Spice

CelebriD&D poster

CelebriD&D 19th October 2015 as Jolene Glaplok

Con Man poster

Con Man 30th September 2015 as Jack Moore

Assassin Banana poster

Assassin Banana 6th January 2015 as Chick del Monte / Assassin Banana (voice)

The Real History of Science Fiction poster

The Real History of Science Fiction 19th April 2014 as Self

Rick and Morty poster

Rick and Morty 2nd December 2013 as Cornvelious Daniel (voice)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster

Brooklyn Nine-Nine 17th September 2013 as Mark Devereaux

Drunk History poster

Drunk History 9th July 2013 as Wernher von Braun

Neil's Puppet Dreams poster

Neil's Puppet Dreams 27th November 2012 as Dr. Mayfair

Gravity Falls poster

Gravity Falls 15th June 2012 as Preston Northwest (voice)

Talking Dead poster

Talking Dead 16th October 2011 as Self

Conan poster

Conan 8th November 2010 as Self

Modern Family poster

Modern Family 23rd September 2009 as Rainer Shine

Community poster

Community 17th September 2009 as Bob Waite

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 16th July 2009 as Self - Guest

Castle poster

Castle 9th March 2009 as Richard Castle

James Gunn's PG Porn poster

James Gunn's PG Porn 8th October 2008 as Chris

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog poster

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog 15th July 2008 as Captain Hammer

The Big Bang Theory poster

The Big Bang Theory 24th September 2007 as Nathan Fillion

The Guild poster

The Guild 27th July 2007 as Nathan Fillion

Drive poster

Drive 13th April 2007 as Alex Tully

American Dad! poster

American Dad! 6th February 2005 as American Businessman Klaus (voice)

American Dad! poster

American Dad! 6th February 2005 as Liver / Joel Larson (voice)

Desperate Housewives poster

Desperate Housewives 3rd October 2004 as Adam Mayfair

Lost poster

Lost 22nd September 2004 as Kevin Callis

The Venture Bros. poster

The Venture Bros. 7th August 2004 as Brown Widow (voice)

Justice League Unlimited poster

Justice League Unlimited 31st July 2004 as Vigilante (voice)

The Soup poster

The Soup 1st July 2004 as Self

Miss Match poster

Miss Match 26th September 2003 as Adam Logan

The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8th September 2003 as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest

Firefly poster

Firefly 20th September 2002 as Mal Reynolds

Through the Night with... poster

Through the Night with... 10th May 2002 as Self

Two Guys and a Girl poster

Two Guys and a Girl 10th March 1998 as Johnny Donnelly

Total Security poster

Total Security 27th September 1997 as Troy Larson

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self - Guest

Buffy the Vampire Slayer poster

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 10th March 1997 as Caleb

King of the Hill poster

King of the Hill 12th January 1997 as Frisbee Guy (voice)

The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits 26th March 1995 as Michael Ryan

LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5th September 1988 as Self - Guest

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

One Life to Live poster

One Life to Live 15th July 1968

Man of Tomorrow poster

Coming soon

Man of Tomorrow 7th July 2027 as Guy Gardner